Storage battery



A. H. SNYDER. STORAGE BATTERY. APPLICATION FILED Ammo. 1920.

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Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

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A. H. SNYDER.

STORAGE BATTERY. APPLICATION FILED APR.20. 1920.

1,363,684n Patented 1D%.28,1920 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. L@ Z J5 qb" 16 :millas ALMOND H. SNYDER, 0E LANCASTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNDR TO GOULD STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, A CORFORATON OF NEW YORK. I

STOEGE BATTERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente-a nee. ee, reso.

Application le April 2G, 1920. Serial No. 375,190...

To all 107mm t may concern.' j

Be 1t known that I, ALMOND fl. Snrpnn, a

citizen of the United States, and a resi-dent reference to the annexed drawings forming a part hereof and in which- Figure 1 shows a sectional 'elevation of a battery embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 shows in perspective, the parts as sembled.

The battery consists of the usual jar 1l having an offset portion 2 on "opposite sides thereof. Arranged in the jar 1 are plates 3 and 4. The plates 3 are of the same polarity andthe plates 4 are of the same polarity but opposite to that of the plates 3. The plates 3 are connected by lead burning with the terminal 5 and the platese are connected in a. similar manner witl1.the 'terminal 6. Connected with the terminal 5 is a connection 7 leading upwardly through the cover 8. Connected with the terminal 6 is a connection -9 which likewise leads upwardly through the cover 8. The connections 7 and 9 are screw-threaded for a portion of their length above and where they pass through the cover to suit a screw-threaded hard rubber nut 10 which holds the cover down tightly on a soft rubber gasket forming an acid tight joint. i

The plates 3 and el are provided with projections 11 and 12 respectively. rPhe projectons 11 engage the offset portion 2 of one side of the jar 1 and the projections 12 engage the off-set portion 2 of the other side of the jar 1. It is advisable usually to interpose some kind of cushioning substance between the plates and the jar and thismaterial 13 usually takes the form of soft rubber. This somewhat deadens the vibration of the jar l which would be transmitted to the plates 3 and Ll. Each of the plates 3 as above stated, is connected with the terminal 5 and through this connection the plates are supported at one end by the jar. The other end of each of the plates has a projection 14 yextending upwardly therefrom and provided with lateral projections 15 and 16 which extend inppposite directions from each other. The plates s are provided with upwardly extending projections 17 which have portions 18 andl` 19. extending in opposite directions from each other.

At the terminal end of each of the plates 3 and 4 is provided horizontal portions 20 an-d 21. Resting upon each of the horizontal portions 2O and 21 is an insulating supportover the projections 15, 16, 18 and 19. The insulating supports rest on the terminal end of the plates and the upper surface of the supports 22 support the free end of the plate of opposite polarity through the lateral projections 15, 16, 18 and 19 which rest on the supports 22. The portion 23 which extends 'over the lateral projections 15, l16, 18 and 19 acts as a shield or guard to prevent any formation of short-circuits which might come from various kinds of growths and deposits which are unavoidabledn storage batteries. By the arrangement above shown it becomes impossible for such deposits to bridge across the plates at the points of support and thereby form local short-circuits which greatly injure the operation of the battery. The supports 22 are slipped into position transversely to the plates and the nest of plates such as that shown in 'Fig'. 2 is then placed in the jar as shown in Fig. 1.

1t is customary in batteries of this type to employ a compound separator, to be placed between plates of opposite polarity, theyseparator being composed of a'perforated rubber sheet and a piece of wood. The separators are supported in this instance by providing lugs 24 and 25 on certain of the plates and passing rods 26 through openings in the lugs and upon which rods rest the wood portion of the separator. The hard rubber sheets'have portions 27 which extend above the top of the plates, and are provided with openings through which passes a rod 28. The rod 28 rests upon the top of the wood sheets and by that arrangement the rubber 'separators are suspended from the rod 28 through the wood sheets which rest on the rods 26, which in turn are carried by the lugs on the plates. This avoids the necessity of providing supports in the bottom of the cell for the purpose` of supporting the separators and, therefore, leaves the bottom of the cell e5 ing member 22 whichhas a portion 23 eXA tending' upwardly therefrom and curving:

5 tom of storage battery jars.

1 By providing supports under tivolateral projections of the tree end ot' each plate a firmer and stronger support is provided and for certain classes of batteries this means for 1Q supporting the free'end is preferred.

15l taining Haviiitf described m invention what I 0 h a noivclaim and desire to secure by Letters v.Patent is:

l. A storaoie batter com nrisimr a 'ar conhu b positive and negative plates, each having a terminal and a free end, *the terminal ends of the positive and negative plates beine` vroiiied and .connected {offether rei b h n spectively at opposite sides of the jar, a pro- 20 ject-ion 0n the free end of each plate extend ing.)r upwardly' and laterally iii opposite direotions and av separate support for each ot said lateral extensions, each of said supports having a portion, extending upwardly over 'a portion 4of said pro jeetion.

A. storage battery comprising,I a jar oontaiiiing positive and negative plates, eaeli having a terminal and a free end7 the termina-l ends of the positive and. negatives plates being' grouped'and connected together re- `speetively at opposite sides of the jar, a. pro-- 'and acting to support the tree ends of the plates. l

In testimony whereof 'l have name to this speeilieatioii.

ALMOND H. SNYDER.

signed my 

